This Week in Your Neighborhood

• The Bulldog Battle and Co-Ed Kickball Tournament and Cookout is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Quitman High School Softball Complex. Prizes and “bragging rights” will be awarded.

• The Quitman Proud Blue Band Spring Concert will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium. All bands will perform.

• The Quitman FFA and Young Farmers Auction is Friday at 5 p.m. at the school’s Ag Pavilion.

• The Alba Country Fair and Willd Hog Cook-Off is Saturday beginning with a parade at 10 a.m. There will be live music, a silent auction, food and games. For the kids there will be a free bounce house and bungee jump.

• Rotary Recycling Day is Saturday from 9 am to noon in the Walmart parking lot in Mineola.

• The Lake Country Symphonic Band will present its spring concerts with Sunday’s show already sold out and Tuesday’s program set for 7:30 p.m.

• The Republican Women of Wood County will host a program on Patriot PAWS Monday at the Red Dome restaurant in Quitman at 11:30 a.m. The public is invited.